How to Have a Baby

How to Have a Baby

Conception

• A couple who go to a picture show within three days of getting married will have twins.
• Blow a dandelion seedball, and the number of seeds left on it will be the number of children you will have.
• Give away old baby clothes, and you’ll soon need them again.
• Holding a child on your first visit to the mother will help you conceive.

Boy or Girl?

• To have a boy, a woman should hold a nickel in her mouth at the time of conception.
• A baby conceived in the light of the Moon (from new Moon to full Moon) will be a boy.
• Add the mother’s age at conception to the number of the month of conception; if it is even, a girl will be born. If odd, it’s a boy.
• If the mother eats grapefruit just before conceiving, the child will be a girl.

At Birth

• Labor pains can be eased by putting an axe under the bed.
• If a laboring woman wears her husband’s hat, her pain will be lessened.

Looks

• Pretty babies become ugly adults, and vice versa.
• To make a child grow faster, sweep the feet with a broom.
• A woman frightened by fire during pregnancy will have a red-haired child.
• Heartburn during pregnancy signifies a child with lots of hair.

Personality

• If the baby’s fists are tightly clenched at birth, he will be stingy.
• A baby born in the light of the Moon will be intelligent.
• A child born on a stormy night will be nervous.
• A baby who cries during baptism likes her name.

Prospects

• On your first visit to a new baby, kiss the soles of her feet for luck.
• A baby born on the 26th of the month will get rich.
• The child will grow up to be wealthy if the initials of her full name spell a word.
• A child born on Christmas Day can understand the speech of animals.

Sickness and Health

• Burn the first dirty diaper, and the child will have no stomach aches.
• Letting a puppy lick the baby’s face after eating prevents illness.

Things To Avoid

• The first time you dress your baby, use old clothes. New clothes will bring bad luck.
• Putting a baby on an ironing board is bad luck.
• Never hand a baby over a fence or through a window; it brings bad luck.